Brent Scowcroft
1925–2020 (age 95)
U.S. national security adviser
Biography
Brent Scowcroft shaped American national security policy through decades of calm, strategic counsel, serving as national security adviser under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and later as a neutral arbiter within the broader foreign policy community.
He championed alliances, rigorous analysis, and measured responses to crises, leaving a legacy of bipartisan problem-solving traits now honored at Arlington National Cemetery.